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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I’m not sure if this is a valid eggcorn, that’ll be left for everyone else to decide. This occurred to me when a friend typed this variation the same way every time she used it in our MSN conversations, thus raising my suspicion. It surprised me how many results came up on Google as I always thought “sooner or later” was a very straight forward saying.
Examples:
“Sooner a later a tv manufacturer will just fully integrate a computer into a HDTV complete with wifi. Apple did it with the imac in an …”
“What with my whirling enthusiasm, first for France, and then for Germany, I may expect sooner a later to be as interested in Italy. ...”
“Sooner a later, a “problem” to investigate arises, and becomes the focus of the thesis. Nearly all the students I have had have written theses that involve …” – A Professor
Please tell me what you think, and if it is not an eggcorn, then what term describes it?
Edit: Forgot to mention that a similar variation can also be found in “give a take” instead of “give or take”.
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